Improved power-press for hay



To all ulhom it 'may concern:

` tion, with allthe parts in place.

I ,as shown.` I

j `JACOB HLWITTMEROF MANOR, PENNSYLVANIA, AssIGNOR 'ro HIMsELr AND WILLIAM sIPLE, or SAME. PLACE. I I ILenarsIPazm No. 90,039, zaad Ma/y 11, 1869. l

MISROVBD .novmnnnnss PQR HAY, am.

` Thel Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

Be it' known that I, J Aeon H.Wrrcrnrnn, of Manor,

in the county of Lancaster, and State of Pennsylvania,

have invented new and useful Improvements in Power-I Presses for Hay, I"lobacco, 86o.; and I hereby de-l clare that the following isa full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same,

. I reference bein'g- `had tothe accompanying-l drawings, making a part` of this specification, in which` Figure 1 is a'perspective view of press in'operaf Figure 2, the lid removed and slide-pieces drawn out.

Figure 3 is a longitudinal elevation, to illustrate the relative position of the` machinery employed, the same letters referring tothe same parts shown by iig. l.

E The natIii-e of my invention consists in thearrangement of the lparts, and is so `constructed as to elfect the pressure withina` stout box, xto remove the box without relaxing the' pressure7 `and effectually tie or secure the bale or bundle, so pressed, b efore the pressure is taken off, which isspeedily performed. 1

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, a ,I brief reference `to the drawings will Two stout.'beams, N'N,of`the desired length and width apart, are laid longitudinally andparallel to each` other. f 'I A End-sills or crosspieces P P are also shown, to raise the beams from the ground. g I l Abed or bottom F, somewhat wider than the com-V bined box A A A". I l

This bottom has gauge-ledges, t, across it at each end, against which the ,inside of the box rests, and is fixed in its position. 1 I

This bottom `has grooves f I in the projecting edge, for straw bands or ropes n; I I l llhe bearingsibr the wiudlass and gear, are made at each end bythe posts B B, andB B'.

i DD', turning-handles.-

` On one end is shown a pinion, on the `click-shaft click, c, with a rope` around the shaft- I Either modemay be applied to both ends, or diverse, The box A. is set upontne vbed-jor bottom E. The rope or chain Kaixed by one end tothe drum l I orshaftpn each side, is passed Aunder a grooved-pul-y ley, `o`,`and carried up through the bottom F, and in a Y groove made `in the inside of the ends A" of thebox,

centrally.

' These ropes are terminated by hooks J, and can be thrown out over the edge of the box, while being filled,

and the materials paclredrin.`

` When Iilled,tl1e lid H, with its sliding pieces, 2, 4, and 6, in place, is laid upon the materials, and' the hooks J Yinserted in `the holes of the central spring or 'the materials pressed within the box. l

` operating substantially as set forth.

holding-plate I, on the binding-timber H of the combined nd, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7.

The hooks being inserted, the cords K iu notches in the ends of the centr/e beam, and descending vertically and centrally down the ends inside of the box,in its groove, by turning the handle or Windlass, Willdraw the head down at both ends with all the power cords or chains will bear, and consequently any amount of pressure calculated for is had byIthis arrangement. y

When the pressure is completed, and it is desirable to-secure the material in a bale, it is necessary to re` move the box.` ln order to relieve the external sides and allow the box to be removed with ease, it is made in two parts, A A', having spring plates onhinges a a, and latch and plate G g'inthe lower corners.

When nnlatched, the box is loosened, and yis easily lifted on', leaving the head H, and its connection with the hooks and ropes, intactwith the'full pressure ,upon

. The slide pieces 2 4 6, iig. 2, are now withdrawn.` When there is ample room to pass strawbands or ropes u nder the pressing-beam H, through .the notch Ih, and openings ofV the lid, and when properly tied with those previously laid in the bottom, n n, 86o., ,fig 3, and thus secured, a simple tap o'n the hookplate I will release the cords, and the bale or package is finished, and the press ready for a fresh charge.

I The windlass, ratchets, pawls, and gear, are too Icommon for description, and also the cords or chains and pulleys. I

`I am aware, through an examination just made, that a 4patent wasV granted November l0, 1868, No. 83,926, for a hay and'cotton-press, wherein a certain described arrangement isclaimed, all constructed and The arrangement consists of a large flanged pulley or drive-wheel centrally between twoV beams, the outer ends of the shaft being provided4 with conic pulleys f l for the rope, which extends on each side, and 'outside f the beams, over pulleys on the top, passing down to the sliding head, making an upward pressure.

1 disclaim said arrangement and construction, and

deem that mine differs substantially in the mode of 4 applying the pressure. I am not aware that alid constructed and operating like mine was ever before known or used; therefore What I claim, is

The arrangement of the removable box A, placed upon the bed or bottom F, and having grooves on the inside ends, central beam H, notched at the ends,

' centrally provided with a oatch-plate, I, audtop boards,

l 3 5 `7 aiixed, havingIbevel sides for the reception of the loose pieces 2 4 6, hooks J, ropes K, passing under pulleys O, and operated by ratchet-wheels and pawls,

`supported by posts B B at both ends of the press, all constructed and operated as herein shown and described.

. J. 11. WITTMER.

Witnesses: I l I BENJN.'.SHERTZER, I JNO. A. BRUSH. 

